SITE INFORMATION
Primary Service Location Address		Riverview Intermediate Unit 6 270 Mayfield Rd. Clarion, PA  16214
Hours of Operations		7:30A to 12:00P and 1:00P to 3:00P Riverview Intermediate Unit will be closed every Friday beginning the week of June 7, 2010 through August 13, 2010.  There will be no change in the daily hours we will be operating.     CLOSED July 1, 2010 closing at noon July 5, 2010 (4th of July) September 3, 2010 closing at noon September 6, 2010 (Labor Day) September 14 & 15, 2010 remote location October 1, 2010 November 24, 2010 closing at noon November 25, 26 & 29, 2010 (Thanksgiving) December 23, 2010 closing at noon December 24 – 31, 2010 (Christmas/New Years) January 25 & 26, 2011 remote location April 21, 2011 closing at noon April 22, 2011 (Good Friday) May 27, 2011 closing at noon May 30, 2011 (Memorial Day)   Please call if you are unsure of the Holiday hours. Please do not overwhelm the service by sending large groups of applicants to the locations.   If you have a large group of applicants to fingerprint, please contact the fingerprint site and plan for their arrival to occur over days and weeks, not hours.  The fingerprint site may have a preferred method for handling large groups of applicants.
Telephone Number (Applicant Use)		Please see www.pa.cogentid.com or the web site listed below for information pertaining to fingerprint processing.
Web Site (Service Site Specific)		http://www.riu6.org/
Schedule a Mobile Fingerprinting		No
Currently Scheduled Mobile Fingerprinting Service		Yes – Contact Christine Merryman for information and locations
Directions to your facility		See website under INFORMATION TAB
Special Instructions for Applicants		Please bring photo ID We are handicap accessible
Additional Information

Why conduct FBI background checks?

Act 114 of 2006, Section 111 of the Public School Code was amended effective April 1, 2007.  All student teachers (participating in classroom teaching, internships, clinical or field experience) and prospective employees (including but not limited to administrators, teachers, substitutes, janitors, cafeteria workers, office employees) of public and private schools, Intermediate Units and area vocational-technical schools, including independent contractors and their employees and bus drivers, who have direct contact with children, must provide to their employer a copy of their Pennsylvania State Criminal History Background Check and their Federal Criminal History Record that cannot be more than one (1) year old.  This only applies to employees hired on or after April 1, 2007.  Employees hired prior to April 1, 2007, are only required to provide the Federal Criminal History record if they have lived outside of the state for at least two years immediately preceding their application for employment.

When does the new law begin? 

April 1, 2007.  You have 90 days after April 1, 2007 to complete your fingerprint based background check.  Who is affected by this new law? see above.

Do I have to schedule an appointment to be fingerprinted?

There are no scheduled appointments (time or location) for fingerprinting.  You do however need to register with Cogent Systems before being fingerprinted. 

All fingerprint collection locations work on a first come, first serve basis.  Be advised that during the initial few weeks of the program, fingerprint traffic may be heavy.  Plan your visit to fingerprint locations accordingly.  Do not send large groups of employees at one time.  Plan to send employees to print locations over weeks, not hours.  Contact the fingerprint site nearest you if you require a large group of employees to be printed.  Ask the fingerprint site how they want to handle the processing of prints.  Some sites may be able to provide mobile printing.  Visit https://www.pa.cogentid.com/ to learn which sites offer mobile printing.

Where do I register for fingerprinting?

Registration involves collecting pertinent demographic information that is required by law from each applicant.  During registration you will also be given the chance to pay electronically for your background check.  Registration is best conducted online at https://www.pa.cogentid.com/.  This way you can insure the correctness of all demographic information you submit.  Online registration alleviates many data collection problems and effectively speeds processing at the fingerprint site. 

You may also register by phone at 1-888-439-2486